December 11's "It's Almost Christmas, but it's not White. Puke it up already, Mother Nature!" Vspot

by B Condon 3:03 PM

For those of you already opposing my post who are not familiar with my blog, I love snow! I love the beginning of winter where you get those special Lorelai Gilmore shivers of wintery excitement, complete with the rights to make popcorn and hot chocolate, maybe bake some cookies and watch movies feeling the snow raging outside. Too much Christmassy spirit for you?

Turner Classic and Disney Gave Me the Biggest Yule Present Possible... 

Ah December 21st, my holiday. All Christmassy like traditions have been given an en route to Yule instead of the 25th, so what could be better than an endless string of Christmas movies on Turner Classic that Sunday (Christmas in Connecticut, Holiday Affair..)? Oh, I don't know, stuff from the Disney vault perhaps?

Disney. The infamous vault. Late last month Turner Classic and the Walt Disney Company locked a deal together. TCM would help spruce and change up The Great Movie Ride  at Disney World if the Walt Disney Company would share some of the good stuff from the film vault, including ABC TV series like "Disneyland" or the classic "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" among many other magical and even Christmasssy treats. The other magical part of all of this? This series block will be will be offered "roughly four to five times a year" according to Turner Classic Movies's Senior Vice President for Programming and Production, Charlie Tabesh. 

What's in this month's lineup?

7:00 pm (Short) On Ice (1935)
7:00 (Short) Chip an' Dale (1947)
7:00 (Short) Santa's Workshop (1932)
7:30 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: The Disneyland Story (1954)
8:30 The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
10:00 Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
11:45 The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
1:00 Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
3:00 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Perilous Assignment (1959)

Bring it. I'm so ready for this!

Ace Wilder Starts a Sexy "Riot" in New Video

First she warns us that "Bitches like Fridays" (which has wormed its way into my guilty pleasure playlist...) and now, Swedish bad ass Ace Wilder is in our TVs insisting we start a riot... if not a pretty sexual one, I might add. Have I mentioned that it's currently in a commercial promoting Alyssa Milano's reality show that's coming in January? Oh yeah, I did a happy dance upon hearing that randomly on my TV. 

Warning, it will get stuck in your head.

Nick Offerman Sings About Whiskey

We all know Nick Offerman is basically Ron Swanson between his love for red meat, steak and eggs, alcohol, plaid and making things out of wood. So it really should be no surprise that he writes a little Scottish ditty about his disappointment that he does not have enough arms to both play his guitar and drink at the same time. I'll take it and love it immensely!

The First Wave of Mission Creek Festival Looks Pretty Damn Magical!

And magical indeed! As of March 31st, there will be way too much to see, hear and experience here in Iowa City. Music ranges from Father John Misty, electropop darling Betty Who (who I'm pretty excited to see!) Squrl, Foxygen among many, many many others you can find here. What could be better than this line-up? Oh, I don't know, Ingrid Bergman's beautiful and talented daughter, Isabella Rosselini performing her Green Porno on stage? What a Load of Craft's art festival being revived after a year of retirement? I'm already pretty excited, but then Mission Creek Festival is an amazing time of the year. Remember, this is only round one...

Mr. Little Jeans Puts Out a Christmas Song,

I repeat, Mr. Little Jeans Puts Out a Christmas Song!

I admit, I have a dream list of my favorite singers who I would kill to put out a Christmas song (if not an album) which includes Annie, The old line up of The Pipettes, All Angels, Charlotte Church 2.0, Charlotte Martin, Emily Wells, Hey Geronimo, Jamie Cullum, Le Kid, Lake Street Dive... the list goes on and on. But never would I have thought that Monica Birkenes would ever put out a Christmas song! Last night a happy gasp ran through my throat seeing this in my facebook feed and immediately hearing that Phil Spector-inspired bass beat, I immediately nerded out. Like what I wrote on a comment on the link, it's everything that I love: An original Christmas song, that retro sound and naturally, Monica herself. I already want to make up a Pipettes-like choreography and learn every lyric! 

Nothing is Better than Darren Criss Singing Disney Songs

It really is no surprise to anyone who knows me that I have the biggest lady wood for Darren Criss, Blaine Anderson, Harry Potter, whatever you want to call him. But Sunday night on ABC, he will be "that guy from Glee that's singing that one song that got cut from Aladdin" for the network special "Backstage with Disney on Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years." Anyone who is a Disney nerd knows that "Proud of Your Boy" was cut from Aladdin but found life in the musical. However, anyone who is a Disney nerd and spends too much time watching documentaries knows that it's impossible not to cry when listening to this knowing the story behind the song of our great Demi-God Howard Ashman and his wanting acceptance from his mother. It's a beautiful, heartbreaking song and Criss pares it down with a simple voice and guitar which is enough to turn me into a crying mess and a puddle simultaneously. 

You can hear it here.